Senate Bill 999 would ban all consumer fireworks by prohibiting their sale and use. The bill establishes $500 civil penalties for violations, and makes parents and guardians who knowingly permit a ...

A sixth person died Wednesday morning after suffering critical injuries at an Aliamanu New Year’s party when a stockpile of illegal aerial fireworks detonated at 12:01 a.m. in an explosion that also ...

On the same day that a sixth victim died following the Aliamanu New Year’s fireworks blast, various state Senate committees passed bills Wednesday that would increase fines and penalties for people ...

In the wake of the deadly New Year’s Eve incident, state lawmakers are moving to crack down on illegal fireworks.

HONOLULU (AP) — A sixth person died Wednesday from injuries sustained when crates of illegal fireworks ignited during a New ...

Eight people are still being treated in burn units in Arizona and Honolulu, and the police investigation is ongoing.

HONOLULU ( KHNL /Gray News) - The New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Hawaii has just taken a sixth life, according to officials. Honolulu police said a 30-year-old woman died just before 6 a.m.

State lawmakers are grappling with how to crackdown on illegal fireworks. Senate bill 999 would ban all consumer fireworks by ...

But that doesn't stop people from buying them ahead of New Year's Day when it is also legal to set them off. It's not unusual to hear fireworks being set off well before midnight that night, even as ...

GEORGE F. LEE / JAN. 1 Illegal fireworks lit up Chinatown and Honolulu Harbor on New Year’s Day. GEORGE F. LEE / JAN. 1 Illegal fireworks lit up Chinatown and Honolulu Harbor on New Year’s Day.